Nine Andhra MPs suspended from Lok Sabha

New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Monday suspended nine members from Andhra Pradesh from the house for five days for causing unending disruption over the decision to create a separate Telangana state.

The speaker named the nine MPs — four from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and five from the Congress — under rule 374(A) of parliamentary proceedings, which automatically suspends them for the next five sittings.

Under the rule, any member named by the speaker shall “stand automatically suspended from the service of the house for five consecutive sittings or the remainder of the session whichever is less”.